OTD: 10/16/85
Jack Clark hits a go-ahead 3-run homer at Dodger Stadium in the 9th inning. The Cardinals would hold the Dodgers scoreless in the back half of the inning to win the pennant and head to the World Series.
Next time you watch some billion dollar prospect throw it 102 mph with a spin rate that gives every 21st century data nerd a boner before promptly getting cut open by Dr. James Andrews after 28 2/3 mediocre innings, remember this dude won 355 goddamn games.
In the 1600s, medieval monks in Bavaria were given strict orders to not eat solid food during Lent.
Instead of just drinking water, the monks decided to create a batch of extremely potent beer that was packed with carbohydrates and nutrients. They then named the drink, sankt-vater-bier, which roughly translates to "Holy Father beer."
In 2011, a journalist by the name of J. Wilson contacted a local brewery in an effort to recreate this beer. He went on to drink it for 46 days during Lent and did not consume any solid food. His diet consisted of drinking four glasses of beer each day during the weekdays and five glasses of beer each day on the weekends.
Wilson noticed that during the first few days of his experiment that he would get quite hungry, however, his body quickly learned to adjust. "My body... switched gears, replaced hunger with focus, and I found myself operating in a tunnel of clarity unlike anything I'd ever experienced."
In the end, Wilson lost 25 pounds.
Ted Williams led the AL in OBP 3x, Runs 3x, BA 2x, SLG 2x, OPS 2x, Home Runs 2x, Total Bases 2x, and RBI 2x...
And then he turned 24 and headed off to war